housing problems

Hello! I'm arriving in Paris in 3-4 days to start a postdoc/visiting researcher position at Ecole Polytechnique, and I'm looking for a one bedroom apartment just for myself. Now, my net salary is around 2500€/month, but the places in my preferred location often cost more than 900€. Even though...

Can anyone give me advice about problems we are having with a temporary rental in Montpellier in which we have had electrical outage problems and now the heat pump has gone out and we are without hot water and heating in the apt. The landlord is unresponsive. Is there a legal service or some...